os.shell, recursion, encryption

[Gordon McMillan]

55555 wrote:

> os.system() doesn't work and I don't know what mode to use for spawnv.  
> Thanks again.
> 
> import os
> zipExe='c:/progra~1/pkzipdos/pkzip.exe'
> os.popen('> '+zipExe+' asdf.zip *.*', 'w')

I'm not surprised the system couldn't find an executable 
named ">.exe". 

If euro55555 at my-deja.com is a valid email address, then you 
should have cut & paste out of the MSVC help text for 
spawnv, since I sent it to you this morning.

Otherwise, how long can it take to try all 4 of them?

- Gordon